Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 30

HOWLING SUCCESS This quite normal picture of Vic and Rush Gook displays completely their standing in the Gook household." Vic and 'Rush are the male members of the "Vic and Sade" pw in which as is usually the case has them in the doghouse over some difficulty with "Sade." This skit retains its unique treatment to family life, and is the only program of the lengthy list of daytime dramas to provide humorous relief. Sponsored by Crisco and announced by Ed Smith the scries is heard daily at 9.45 A. M. over WHP. EXTRA! EXTRA! iKj GEORGE CAHAN "Your Radio News Extra," the well established early evening newscast to which listeners can turn daily for a complete review of the day's news, has now returned to the air under the sponsorship of Styletex Clothes.

Voicing the news in detail is the versatile WHP announcer, George Cahan, who is heard on many of WHP's feature programs including the popular Friday evening dramas produced on "The Sound Stage." The "Radio News Extra" scries opens a full half hour of news, at 6.30 P. with a complete summary of the developments along with late bulletins, following which reports are broadcast direct from Paris, London find Berlin. The baton which Mark Warnow uses when he directs the 'orchestra on CBS' "Your Hit Parade" is becoming one of his most cherished possessions. The baton was made by I. A.

Cary, famous baton maker, of Brooklyn, who serves most of the well known orchestra leaders, and it is twenty inches long, carved in the shape of the World's Fair Trylon and Peris phere. Mark won't use it for rehearsals. In fact, he will only use it on "Your Hit Parade." He's afraid it might get broken, and he wants to hand it down as a good, useful' souvenir of the 1939 World's Fair. Forward Harrisburg! Morning Newsman il ED GUNDAKER Bond's Breakfast Bulletins is one of the new WPH features' which stole the march on the Fall Winter season, and will be heard daily at 7.45 A. M.

In the same manner does it steal a march on other broadcasts of the day in reporting the first morning news. Announcer Ed Giin daker starts his day in the early morning hours to a comprehensive picture of all news that has happened during the course of the night and more ready to "go on the air" for the inlormation of the waking listener. In addition, the "Breakfast Bulletin" program, sponsored by Bond Clothes, presents the music of several famous dance THIS DAY IS OURS! "This Day Is Ours" is both a program title and a statement of fact, for under this title has grown the popularity of another daytime drama to claim and command the attention of the daily listeners of WHP. A nineteen year old actress, Joan Banks, plays the lead role of "Eleanor MacDonald" sharing the honors with Jay Jostyn known to millions of lady listeners as "Curt." The series, sponsored by Crisco, is heard at 1.45 P. M.

Broadway's mightiest theatrical names, starred in plays authored by five of the most famous playwrights in the world, will be brought to radio listeners this fall by the Texas Company when all writing and acting talent which constitutes the Playwrights' Company is made an added, permanent feature of the Texaco Star Theatre which is heard Wednesdays over WHP and the coast to coast facilities of the Columbia I Broadcasting System from 9 to 10 p. m. Plays by Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, S. N. Behrman, Robert Sherwood and Sidney Howard will be enacted by stellar casts culled from an imposing list of America's most talented stars.

Jane Cowl and Louis Calhern have the leads in a radio dramatization of the old thriller, "Secrets," which is to be heard on "Texaco Star Theatre," Wednesday, Sept. 27. Calhern, whose stage and screen career spans a quarter of a century of hit performances, is more recently known to movie fans for his work in screen mystery plays. Burns Mantle, N. Y.

Daily News drama critic, in CAMERA STORIES mim mi i KARL BARLEBEN "Today's Candid Story," told in a thrilling, informative dramatized form is the feature of the weekly series of broadcasts presented for the interest of camera enthusiasts, featuring the noted camera authority, Karl A. Barle ben. Each program brings a dif ferent drama of some eventful "action" shot, along with tips for the picture fans. The series is presented by the James Lett Company every Thursday over WHP at 7.15 P. M.

Wednesday Is Fun Night Mmmm ilk $m4kBm i4 Fun maker Phil Baker entertains not only the thousands who listen to his regular Wednesday night broadcast, "Honolulu Bound," but also the members of his cast as Ls shown in this behind the scenes shot as the comedian chats with Andrews Sisters, who added the song spice to the show. The Phil Baker program, sponsored by Doln Pineapple Company, is heard through WHP every Wednesday from 8.00 to 8.30 p. m. troduces this second, or New York, half of the program. The playwrights' portion of the Star Theatre will occupy a full half hour of the sixty minute Texaco program and will originate in New York, with the remaining thirty minutes coming from Hollywood, where such topnotchers as Kenny Baker, Ken Murray and Frances Langford, will be in charge of the more informal portion of the show.

Baker, youthful tenor British made Gilbert Sullivan film, "The Mikado," lifted him to the top in pictures as well as radio business, has signatured an exclusive contract with the Star Theatre and henceforth, will be heard on no other network program. Ed Gardner, upon whose shoulders fall the production task for the full hour, headquarters in Hollywood. Tony Stanford, formerly production man on the Lux and Valee programs, is in 'charge of the New York half hour while George Faulkner heads a staff of writers preparing radio scripts' in collaboration with the original playwrights bought by the Texas Company. 'Backstage' of Broadcasting Behind the scenes of the "When A Girl Marries" broadcast looks something like this when Samuel Field pleads fatherly with his daughter Joan about her personal problems. "Joan" is played by Noel Mills.

The father is Ed Jerome. The series is heard daily on WHP from 12.15 to 12.30 p. sponsored by the Personal Finance Company. DOCS DAUGHTER x. yMyy.

Meet one of "Doc. Bar clay's Daughters" She is Vivian Smlen who plays the part of "Marge" In the story of recent radio fame. The part of "Doc. Barclay" Is played by Bennett Kilpack, who is fast learning what it's like to be the father of three grown up girls. This daytime serial, sponsored by the Personal Finance is heard at 2 P.

M. daily over WHP. New 'Plantation Party' Attracts All Listeners "PLANTATION PARTY," one of last season's most unique and pleasing features returns to the air with the new fall and winter schedules and will be heard through WHP every Thursday, starting October 5, at 8.30 p. m. presented by Bugler Tobacco.

This series is definitely different in the fact that it does appeal to a wide variety of listeners. While the musical selection favors the older favorities there is modern treatment applied to make it pleasing to every ear. This accomplishment is possible through the very talented artists to be featured. Headlining the "party" will be Louise Massey and the Westeners, an act famous on both radio and screen. Other name attractions include the vocal trio, Tom, Dick and Harry, and master of ceremonies, Whitey Ford.

Typical of their laugh provoking comedy skits on the air is this picture of Howard and Shelton which goes to prove that they always get things a bit twisted. Entering into a new fall and winter season, but yet George Shelton insists on his partner, Tom Howard, taking a dose of spring tonic. Together, this famous comedy act of vaudeville, and now radio, bring fun and frolic to millions every Monday right on the "Model Minstrels" broadcast over WHP and the Columbia network, at 8.30 p. sponsored by Model Smoking Tobacco and Dill's Best. Major Bowes "Amateur Hour" Enters Another Season as WHP Feature The 1939 40 season will be just another season for Major Bowes' and his Original Amateur Hour, for the seasons come and go and the Major's Thursday night WHP CBS broadcast remains consist ently entertaining.

For years it has been going on that way. Year in, year out remaining at the top of the list for good entertainment, and also topping the list for popularity with millions of listeners who are equally consistent in tuning in every Thursday night at 9 o'clock. Whether the run of talent is getting better or whether the less qualified aspirants are falling away is hard to decide, but the past several seasons have seen the passing of the famous "gong." But the advent of the new season will bring no change. Weekly at the appointed hour the "gong" will announce the opening of another eventful broadcast in which the Chrysler Corporation presents Major Edward Bowes opening the doors of opportunity to a never i ending parade of ambitious ama teurs. Eleanor Phelps is finding that her personal life is getting pretty complicated because so many people identify her with the role she plays on the air.

Miss Phelps, popularized by radio as "Dr. Susan," is cast as a practicing physician in the daytime serial which tells the story of "The Love and Life of Dr. Susan." The program, sponsored by Lux Flakes and Toilet Soap, is heard through WHP at 2.15 P. M. Pill jP WMm 30 SEPTEMBER 22, 1939 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY EVENING "Star Theatre" Broadcast Features Two Shows in One in Wednesday Hour The People" Story Time Is Cake Time Their Own Ideas For Fall Season SUCCESS STORY Enter Into New Season jj Cakes or stories, Jenny can turn out either with success.

Here she is treating her two young friends who appear in "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories" over WHP and CBS daily at 11.45 a. m. At the left is Patricia Ryan, while the man with the wistful look is Michael Fitzmaurice. The programs, sponsored by Spry, will continue as a permanent feature for WHP's fall season. iiiiimm hsM 1 "Calling Dr.

BrenF 'HIT PARADER I MIIIMI IIIIHI I I I I I "sPiu I uoRmm star Tr 4 SSf II 1 1 wr, Jim Diem, siar in uic Dr. Jim Brent, star of the Lovely Janet Logan as this picture goes to prove, is attractive in personal appearance as well as voice. Hers is the voice you hear on the "Kitty Keene" program over WHP every day at 10.45 a. m. Originally she was cast as Jill Williams, in the story which daily tells the adventure of Kitty Keene.

This series, presented by Ivory Snow, has long been a favorite with the daytime audience being one of the forerunners of the present daily drama policy. 'Goldbergs' Continue Daily a i That famous family of the air "The Goldbergs" is shown here in action before the microphone on their daily broadcast over WHP. "Papa" Goldberg (James Walters) is reprimanding "Rosy" (Roslyn Sllber) while "Molly" looks on. "Molly" Goldberg or Mrs. Gertrude Berg in real life is the author of the skit and models her own character after her own grandmother.

Walters won fame on the stage in the role of "Jake" in the play success, "Potash and Perlmutter," The scries is one of radio's oldest and will continue through the season at it's regular afternoon time of 1 o'clock, a I which time it leads off a full hour of dramatic skits including "Life Can Be Beautiful," "Road or Life," and "This Day Is Ours," sponsored by Proctor and Gamble. "WE, THE PEOPLE a program which spells radio history and tra dition enters another eventful radio season with the start of the new Fall and Winter schedules, 'sponsored by Sanka Coffee, the series will continue at its regular Tuesday time of 9:00 p. m. This means the program's genial mast er of ceremonies, Gabriel Heatter, will face more and more indi Ividual microphone problems from! the hundreds' who parade before the microphone to tell their stories. Dealing with non prosessionals on a coast to coast program has not made Heatter the envy of his radio fellow workers.

On the contrary, they are convinced his job is one of the most nerve racking on the air. Gabe says he is never sure about the, mike behavior of his cross section of American life as sembled to tell their stories on "We, the Peoople" over Columbia network each Tuesday night. I Radio "jitters," Gabe says, af i feet a statesman from Washington, D. as much as a farmer from i Hays, Kansas. He's had little kids kick him, men shout at him, young girls cry on his shoulder and old ladies kiss him, but Gabe has had to take it all in.

his stride because mil lions of people are tuned in for the proceedings which must pro i ceed without hitch. I daily WHP serial, "Road of Life," has seen a lot of life but too little of the "open road" which he holds as his number one hobby. As shown in the picture above, Dr. Jim or Ken Griffin, as he is known in real life likes the 'outdoors, especially the sea. His broadcasts keep him greatly confined, however, for fivc lims a weck he plays the part of the young doctor in this modern drama.

"Road of Life," presented by Chipso, is heard at 1.30 M. Doctor's Heart Beat I "i i It's a bad case of love that attractive Elizabeth Reller (above) inspires, with the victim none other than the Idealistic medico of "Young Doctor Malone," the thrilling new radio drama, heard daily, Monday through Friday, at 11.00 A. M. over WHP. The program has been introduced this summer and gathered a tremendous following instantly.

The scries is to be continued throughout the Fall and Winter schedules, under the sponsorship of Posts Bran Flakes, In present day radio seldom does a new name or person ality come alonj and immediately catch hold with the listening audience. There is one, however, who accomplished this achievement. She is Alice Reinheart. Possibly a comparatively, few people know that name, but every woman listener knows her by her radio name "Chichi," of "Life Can Be Beautiful" popularity. As "Chichi" Alice takes the part of a young orphaned girl facing the temptations of life alone in a big city.

Her story, sponsored by Ivory Soap, is told over WHP at 1.15 P. daily. 'Joyce Jordan' Takes New Time The attractive lady under the big hat is the attractive personalities known to WH.P listeners as "Joyce Jordan." She is Elspeth Eric, who has established many followers through her comparatively new noonday series. Miss Eric started in radio on the "Big Sister" and "Aunt Jenny" programs back in 1934 after several years of dramatic groundwork in school plays and stock companies. Headlining "Your Hit Parade," Saturday night'6 top musical feature, which reviews the tunes of the week, is the top radia tenor, Lanny Ross.

In addition to its policy of listing and playing the "hit" tunes the present "Parade" program brings musical varieties. Supporting Ross is songstar Bea Wain and the Merry Macs. The broadcast, presented by Lucky Strike Cigarets, is now being heard at 9 o'clock on Saturday nights over WHP and CBS. 'MEET MISS JULIA9 if i Si 'x "Meet Miss Julia" is one of the popular daytime, serials continuing throughout the fall and winter schedules on WHP. "Miss Julia" is Josephine Hull of stage fame.

She is best known for her parts in the Pulitzer Prize winning plays, "Craig's Wife" and "You Can't Take It With You." In the latter Miss Hull was hired before the authors set a word to paper. Pre sented by Stanco Products, "Meet Miss Julia" is heard daily, Monday through Friday, at the new hour of 2.30 P. M..